Did you know that Nexus devices are codenamed after fish?

Did you know that just like it uses the name of sweets like Ice Cream Sandwich (and, cough, Lemon Meringue Pie, cough) as codenames of Android releases, Google has a series codenames for all of its Nexus devices, and all of them are named after fish.

And while you can't see statues of those various types of fish like you see of sweets in the Googleplex, those are nonetheless some curious choices. Moreover, whenever we see a leak of a device carrying a fish codename, we can be almost certain that it's a Nexus gadget.

We pick up the aquatic theme for the Nexus series with the tablets: while the successful Nexus 7 by Asus featured the codename 'Tilapia', the larger Nexus 10 carried the mightier (and quite fitting) 'Manta' moniker.

And when it comes to smartphones, the Galaxy Nexus was developed under the ‘Tuna’ moniker. Not all that inspiring? Well, next year's Nexus 4 had a much more impressive 'Mako' shark codename. Last year's Nexus 5 was also named after a fish - the 'Hammerhead', and with it, we arrive to current times when we're all eagerly anticipating the mysterious 'Shamu', the name of an orca killer whale that served as an inspiration for the upcoming Nexus X (aka Nexus 6).

After all those mostly small fish, it was time for something really big. And while some of you will surely point out that a whale is technically a mammal and not a fish, it seems to fit in this line of aquatic creatures.

For a while there, I was getting annoyed at you constantly saying this, but I'm starting to agree more by the day. This article is garbage & PA continues to pump out even more shoddy quality reporting.

I don't disagree with you there, Settings. Thanks for the unbiased comment. I just think this article is indicative of the degrading level of reporting I've seen from this site over the last few months. Less quality & more filler nowadays, it seems like, but as with anything else, someone will enjoy it.

there are new people joining in the tech scene every day. i can guarantee someone will find this blog useful.
i totally agree though... this site is horrid when it comes to a lot of thing. it has its pros and cons.
pros: one stop shop. all info, pretty much, passes through here.
cons: half of the stuff gets posted repeatedly. anyone can fart a rumor... and it will be posted on this site. lots of basic crap that a lot of us already know.

at the end of the day... i save a lot of time coming here vs eng,dl,ac,aa etc.

Hey Phone Arena, did you know Shamu isn't a type of fish? It's the mascot of Sea World. An orca, the world's largest breed of dolphin, which is a mammal. Great job with research and whatnot though! Compelling article.

Really lol…take a chill pill. The thing swims and lives in the ocean.
But for your sake, and for sciences sake, (because both are the very importance of this website (/s), we will call them mammals here while we bombard the author and editor and PA itself with rotten tomatoes and bash on them for giving us such terrible and uneducated statements.

You guys are really gonna get anal over PA calling an effing swimming sea living mammal that has fins a fish? Something is wrong with you people if it makes that much of a difference to this article lol…

Did you read the article at all? The author makes it perfectly clear he knows the difference between an orca whale and a fish.

Furthermore, it's not like he changed the article after commenters complained because it said that before any comments were made.

Furthermore 2, the title only says "Nexus devices are codenamed after fish," not "ALL Nexus devices are codenamed after fish." The title only implies that multiple, not necessarily all, devices are named after fish, so Shamu and whatever the Nexus S and One were codenamed don't need to fall within the parameters of the title.

The problem I have is PA, with the exception of Michael H. really sucks at researching their articles before writing them. And as I said, which is a big reason this article bothers me, the orca is neither fish nor whale. It is a DOLPHIN. Did any of you geniuses pay attention in basic biology?

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